Democrat Scott Colom wins Mississippi Senate race

November 11, 2026 · 11:04 pm 6 sources

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• Democrat Scott Colom wins Mississippi Senate race
  NPR · November 11, 2026 23:04
  Democrat Scott Colom has won election to the U.S. Senate in Mississippi, according to a race call by the Associated Press, defeating Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith.
• Democrat Scott Colom wins Mississippi Senate race in surprise victory for party
  BBC News · November 11, 2026 23:09
  Colom's victory makes him the first black person from Mississippi to be elected to the US Senate in more than 140 years.
• Democrat Scott Colom unseats Cindy Hyde-Smith in shocking Mississippi Senate win
  The Guardian · November 11, 2026 23:10
  Colom takes victory by razor-thin margin in state that hasn’t elected a Democrat to the Senate since 1982 Democrat Scott Colom pulled off one of the biggest upsets of the midterm elections when he defeated Cindy Hyde-Smith, the incumbent Republican senator, to become the first Black senator in…
• Democrat Scott Colom wins the closest Senate race in the country
  NPR · November 11, 2026 23:33
  Mississippi hadn't elected a Democrat to the U.S. Senate in more than 40 years.

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• Democrat Scott Colom wins closely watched US Senate race in Mississippi
  Al Jazeera · November 11, 2026 23:05
  The historic victory delivers an eighth US Senate seat to Democrats after last week's pivotal midterm election.
• Democrat Colom wins Mississippi Senate seat
  Deutsche Welle · November 11, 2026 23:33
  The southern US state of Mississippi has elected its first Black senator in more than 140 years. Democrat Scott Colom has won the seat in a historic upset, according to projections.